Common Questions To Answer Flashcards
When can you overtake on the left?
(a) When the driver in front of you is turning right,
(b) when you intend to turn left and are signaling to do so
(c) In slow moving traffic when the vehicles in the lane on your right are moving slower
At an uncontrolled junction of equal importance to whom should you give way?
Traffic on the right, traffic already turning, and if turning right; to oncoming traffic coming straight through or turning to their left.
At a stop sign that has no white line, where should you stop?
At the stop sign
What position would you take up for a right turn on a one-way street?
To the extreme right.
How would you turn right on a main road?
Check mirrors, signal , position the vehicle close to the white line in the centre of the road. When a safe gap occurs, check for overtaking traffic, then complete your turn, do not cut the corner and give way to pedestrians.
How would you know a zebra crossing at night?
By flashing amber beacons.
What does the island in the centre of a zebra crossing mean?
Each side of the island is a separate crossing.
What restrictions are there in relation to the use of the horn?
It must not be used between the hours of 11.30pm and 7.00am in a built up area, except in an emergency.
When driving at night when should you dip your headlights?
(a) When meeting oncoming traffic,
(b) When following close behind another vehicle
(c) On continuously lit roads,
(d) In falling snow,
(e) fog
(f) at dusk/dawn
What should you do if dazzled by the lights of an oncoming car?
Slow down and stop if necessary.
What is a clearway?
Stopping or parking are prohibited (except by buses and taxis) for the period indicated on the sign
What does a broken yellow line mean?
A broken yellow line marks the edge of the carriageway.
What does a single yellow line mean?
No parking at certain times,
What is the legal maximum parking distance from the kerb?
less than half a metre.
How close to a junction can you park?
5 metres.
Where should you not park?
Near, a bend, the brow of a hill, a hump back bridge, where there is a continuous white line, where your vehicle would obstruct a sign, at an entrance, at a bus stop, opposite another vehicle on a narrow road , at a taxi rank, where parking is prohibited by yellow lines.
Where should you not overtake?
At a bend, a junction, the brow of a hill, a hump back bridge, at a continuous white line or anywhere your view of oncoming traffic is restricted.
What is the two-second rule?
In dry conditions, stay two seconds behind the car in front. Use a stationary object on the road, start counting when the
car in front passes the object and you should pass after counting two seconds.
If you saw a red triangle on the road what would it mean?
That there is an obstruction on the road ahead.
What is the sequence of traffic lights?
Green, Amber, Red.
At a junction when the traffic lights are not working to who would you give way?
Traffic on the right.
What does a green light mean?
Go if safe.
What does an amber light mean?
Stop at the stop line, unless you are too close to stop safely.
Name three people in authority for whom you must stop?
A Garda, a school warden, or a person in charge of animals.
